Whakatauki26
1He pērā i te hukarere i te raumati, i te ua hoki i te kotinga wīti,te kore e tau o te hōnore mō te wairangi.2He pērā i te manu e rererere noa ana, i te warou i ōna rerengate kanga pokanoa; e kore e whakatau.3He whiu mō te hōiho, he paraire mō te kāihe,ā, he rākau mō te tuarā o ngā wairangi.4Kei rite ki tōna whakaarokore tāu whakautu ki te wairangi,kei rite hoki a koe nā ki a ia.5Kia rite ki tōna whakaarokore tāu whakautu ki te wairangi,kei mea ia he whakaaro nui ia.6Ko te tangata e tuku kōrero ana mā te ringa o te wairangi,e tapahi ana i ōna waewae anō, e inumia ana hoki te hē.7E tautau noa ana ngā waewae o te kopa;he pērā hoki te whakatauki i te māngai o te wairangi.8Ko te takai mea whakapaipai i roto i te pūranga kōhatu,ko tōna rite kei te tangata e whakakorōria ana i te wairangi.9E rite ana ki te tātarāmoa e wero nei i te ringa o te haurangi,koia anō te whakatauki i te māngai o ngā wairangi.10Ka rite ki te kaikōpere i tū ai te katoa,te tangata e utu ana i te wairangime te tangata hoki e utu ana i ngā tira haere.11Ka rite ki te kurī e hoki nei ki tōna ruaki,te wairangi e tuarua ana i tōna pōauau.12Ka kite koe i te tangata e mea ana ki a ia he whakaaro nui?Ki tā te whakaaro tērā e rahi ake tā te wairangi i tāna.13E kī ana te māngere, “He raiona kei te ara;he raiona kei ngā waharoa.”14He pērā i te tatau e tāhurihuri rā i runga i ōna īnihi,koia anō te māngere i runga i tōna moenga.15E kuhua ana e te māngere tōna ringa ki te rīhi;he mahi ngenge rawa ki a ia te whakahoki mai ki tōna māngai.16He nui kē ake te whakaaro nui o te māngere, ki tāna nei whakaaro,i tō ngā tāngata tokowhitu e whakaatu ana i te tikanga.17Ko te tangata e haere atu ana, e pokanoa ana ki te whawhai ehara nei i a ia,ko tōna rite kei te tangata e hopu ana i te kurī ki ōna taringa.18Rite tonu ki te haurangi e makamaka ana i ngā mea mura,i ngā pere, i te mate,19te tangata e tinihanga ana ki tōna hoa,e mea ana, “He teka ianei he tākaro tāku?”20Ki te kāhore he wahie, ka mate te ahi;ki te kore hoki he tangata kawekawe kōrero, ka mutu te ngangare.21He waro ki ngā ngārahu wera, he wahie ki te ahi;he pērā te tangata totohe ki te tahu i te ngangare.22He rite ngā kupu a te kaikawekawe kōrero ki te maramara reka,tae tonu iho ki ngā wāhi o roto rawa o te kōpū.23He ngutu pukā me te ngākau kino,ko te rite kei te oko oneone i whakakikoruatia ki te para hiriwa.24Ko te tangata mauāhara e whakaware ana ki ōna ngutu,otiia e rongoātia ana e ia te tinihanga ki roto ki a ia;25ki te pai tōna reo, kaua e whakapono ki a ia;e whitu hoki ngā mea whakarihariha kei roto i tōna ngākau.26Ahakoa hīpoki tōna mauāhara i a ia ki te tinihanga,ka whakakitea nuitia tōna kino ki te aroaro o te whakaminenga.27Ko te tangata e keri ana i te rua, ka taka anō ki roto;ā, ko te tangata e huri ana i te kōhatu, ka hoki mai anō ki runga ki a ia.28E kino ana te arero teka ki āna i kuru ai,ā, ko tā te māngai whakapati, he mahi kia ngaro.